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enIranian Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate U.S. Sanctions by Exporting Carbon Fiber From the United States to Iran https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iranian-businessman-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-violate-us-sanctions-exporting-carbon-fiber
Behzad Pourghannad pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to export carbon fiber from the United States to Iran between 2008 and 2013.Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400August 29, 2019b34612d3-4071-4330-86de-baa66bd4f820Florida Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 20 Years in Prison for Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices in Connection with October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attackhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-20-years-prison-mailing-16-improvised-explosive
Cesar Altieri Sayoc was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison in connection with his mailing of 16 improvised explosive devices to victims across the country. SAYOC pled guilty to a 65-count Superseding Information on March 21, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who also imposed today’s sentence.
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400August 5, 201905d0bfd1-b79b-4b1b-bed6-50481310101dDepartment of Justice Begins Fourth Distribution of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture to Compensate Victims of Bernard Madoff Fraud Schemehttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-begins-fourth-distribution-funds-recovered-through-asset-forfeiture
The Department of Justice today announced that on July 31, the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its fourth distribution of $469.6 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme, bringing the total distributed to $2.4 billion to nearly 32,000 victims worldwide. In this distribution, payments will be sent to over 25,000 victims across the globe, bringing their total recovery to 66.85 percent. This distribution represents the fourth in a series of payments that will eventually return over $4 billion to victims as compensation for losses they suffered from the collapse of the BLMIS. The MVF has received over 65,000 petitions from victims in 136 countries.Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400July 31, 20199babdfb5-6c3d-48d8-a0c5-4a94fab727a1Bronx Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support for Terrorismhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bronx-man-arrested-attempting-provide-material-support-terrorism
John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (NYPD), announced that Delowar Mohammed Hossain was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in Queens, New York. Hossain was charged in a criminal Complaint today with attempting to provide material support for acts of terrorism, specifically in support of killing U.S. nationals located overseas. Hossain is expected to be presented later today before Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron in Manhattan federal court. Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400July 26, 2019ad388288-6649-4c82-abeb-df6453351a2eHungary Subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation Agrees to Pay $8.7 Million in Criminal Penalties to Resolve Foreign Bribery Casehttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hungary-subsidiary-microsoft-corporation-agrees-pay-87-million-criminal-penalties-resolve
Microsoft Magyarország Számítástechnikai Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi Kft. (Microsoft Hungary), a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, has agreed to pay a criminal penalty of more than $8.7 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a bid rigging and bribery scheme in connection with the sale of Microsoft software licenses to Hungarian government agencies.Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400July 22, 2019784f1790-b26c-415b-bd5b-9ac9631a238aDepartment of Justice Announces Extradition of Iranian National and Unsealing of Charges against Two Other Men for Exporting Carbon Fiber from the United States to Iran https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-extradition-iranian-national-and-unsealing-charges-against-two
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director John Brown of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office announced the extradition of Behzad Pourghannad and the unsealing today of a three-count indictment charging Pourghannad, Ali Reza Shokri and Farzin Faridmanesh with exporting carbon fiber from the United States to Iran. Pourghannad, an Iranian national, was arrested on those charges on May 3, 2017, in Germany and was extradited to the U.S. Pourghannad arrived in the Southern District of New York yesterday, and was presented today in White Plains federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy. Shokri and Faridmanesh remain at large. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400July 16, 201937777572-1c8d-4551-8604-e0e2cf62832eAli Kourani Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court for Covert Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organizationhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ali-kourani-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-covert-terrorist-activities-behalf-hizballah-s
Yesterday, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Ali Kourani, a.k.a. “Ali Mohamad Kourani,” a.k.a. “Jacob Lewis,” a.k.a. “Daniel,” on all eight counts in the Indictment, which charged him with terrorism, sanctions and immigration offenses for his illicit work as an operative for Hizballah’s external attack-planning component. Kourani is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 27, 2019, by the Honorable Alvin K. Hellerstein, who presided over the eight-day trial. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director Michael McGarrity of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office made the announcement.Fri, 17 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400May 17, 20195745d9a5-f4ee-43ee-9363-b68e51ee1052North Korean Cargo Vessel Connected to Sanctions Violations Seized by U.S. Governmenthttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-korean-cargo-vessel-connected-sanctions-violations-seized-us-government
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director John Brown of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office announced today the filing of a civil forfeiture complaint against M/V Wise Honest (the “Wise Honest”), a 17,061-ton, single-hull bulk carrier ship registered in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”). The Wise Honest, one of North Korea’s largest bulk carriers, was used to illicitly ship coal from North Korea and to deliver heavy machinery to the DPRK. Payments for maintenance, equipment, and improvements of the Wise Honest were made in U.S. dollars through unwitting U.S. banks. This conduct violates longstanding U.S. law and United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400May 9, 2019d1468965-edd4-493d-888a-8a48fb400bffNew York Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIShttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-man-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-20-years-prison-attempting-provide-and
Adam Raishani, aka “Saddam Mohamed Raishani,” 32, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to 20 years in prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release for attempting to provide and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400April 2, 20190fefaa4e-7880-494e-8ae5-d847396d8958Former Head of Organization Backed by Chinese Energy Conglomerate Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for International Bribery and Money Laundering Offenseshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-head-organization-backed-chinese-energy-conglomerate-sentenced-three-years-prison
Chi Ping Patrick Ho, aka “Patrick C.P. Ho” and “He Zhiping,” was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for his role in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top officials of Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for CEFC China Energy Company Limited (“CEFC China”) Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York announced. Ho was convicted of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), money laundering, and conspiracy to commit the same, in December 2018, after a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska, who imposed today’s sentence.Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400March 25, 2019ebcca2a0-7b1d-49d0-a5a0-a294a6c85ee8Cesar Sayoc Pleads Guilty to 65 Felonies for Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices in Connection with October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attackhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cesar-sayoc-pleads-guilty-65-felonies-mailing-16-improvised-explosive-devices-connection
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, a.k.a. “Cesar Randazzo,” “Cesar Altieri,” and “Cesar Altieri Randazzo,” pleaded guilty today to a 65-count Superseding Information in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff. In connection with the guilty plea, Sayoc admitted to mailing 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to 13 victims throughout the country, including 11 current or former U.S. government officials, and that he intended to use the IEDs as weapons and to cause injuries. Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director Michael McGarrity of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill of the NYPD made the announcement. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400March 21, 20191322962c-c417-4b65-88c3-80c079065b9bGeorgia Woman Arrested for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIShttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/georgia-woman-arrested-conspiring-provide-material-support-isis
Kim Anh Vo, a.k.a. “F@ng,” a.k.a. “SyxxZMC,” a.k.a. “Zozo,” a.k.a. “Miss.Bones,” a.k.a. “Sage Pi,” a.k.a. “Kitty Lee,” was arrested this morning in Hephzibah, Georgia. Vo was charged by a criminal Complaint with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Vo is expected to be presented later today before Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps in Augusta, Georgia, federal court. Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400March 12, 201969ea168d-b2ff-4210-bf7d-d856fa98bfcdMobile Telesystems Pjsc and Its Uzbek Subsidiary Enter into Resolutions of $850 Million with the Department of Justice for Paying Bribes in Uzbekistanhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mobile-telesystems-pjsc-and-its-uzbek-subsidiary-enter-resolutions-850-million-department
Moscow-based Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS), the largest mobile telecommunications company in Russia and an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its wholly owned Uzbek subsidiary, KOLORIT DIZAYN INK LLC (KOLORIT), have entered into resolutions with the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of $850 million to resolve charges arising out of a scheme to pay bribes in Uzbekistan. In addition, charges were unsealed today against a former Uzbek official who is the daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan and against the former CEO of Uzdunrobita LLC, another MTS subsidiary, for their participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving more than $865 million in bribes from MTS, VimpelCom Limited (now VEON) and Telia Company AB (Telia) to the former Uzbek official in order to secure her assistance in entering and maintaining their business operations in Uzbekistan’s telecommunications market. Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500March 7, 2019eefba49a-6635-46c9-b589-8aee6ab14b29Two Chinese Hackers Associated With the Ministry of State Security Charged with Global Computer Intrusion Campaigns Targeting Intellectual Property and Confidential Business Informationhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-chinese-hackers-associated-ministry-state-security-charged-global-computer-intrusion
“The indictment alleges that the defendants were part of a group that hacked computers in at least a dozen countries and gave China’s intelligence service access to sensitive business information,” said Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. “This is outright cheating and theft, and it gives China an unfair advantage at the expense of law-abiding businesses and countries that follow the international rules in return for the privilege of participating in the global economic system.”Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500December 20, 20188b111ba6-c3c9-471b-849f-b8284ab1217aAbdulrahman El Bahnasawy Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Plotting to Carry out Terrorist Attacks in New York City for ISIS in Summer of 2016https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/abdulrahman-el-bahnasawy-sentenced-40-years-prison-plotting-carry-out-terrorist-attacks-new
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500December 19, 201859c63a3b-85ab-46c6-af0c-61d346f73582Arizona Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIShttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-man-sentenced-providing-material-support-isis
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500December 18, 20183c21363e-cd85-444f-a6c8-ba0684f70056Former Head of Organization Backed by Chinese Energy Conglomerate Convicted of International Bribery, Money Laundering Offenseshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-head-organization-backed-chinese-energy-conglomerate-convicted-international-bribery
A federal jury in New York City today convicted the head of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Hong Kong and Virginia on seven counts for his participation in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top officials of Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for a Chinese oil and gas company, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500December 5, 201861849d41-e9f4-4378-813d-b106ddc4452aFour Defendants Charged in Panama Papers Investigation for Their Roles in Panamanian-Based Global Law Firm’s Decades-Long Scheme to Defraud the United Stateshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-defendants-charged-panama-papers-investigation-their-roles-panamanian-based-global-law
Four individuals have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Southern District of New York with wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering and other offenses in connection with their alleged roles in a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. (“Mossack Fonseca”), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and related entities.Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500December 4, 2018b4d2f9a6-d55d-495b-8f13-60fa4d8512e4New York Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIShttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-attempting-provide-and-conspiring-provide-material-support-isis
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500November 14, 2018d7ceb0b2-b633-400a-b9e0-29ec150c58fcCesar Altieri Sayoc Charged in 30-Count Indictment With Mailing Improvised Explosive Devices in Connection With Domestic Terrorist Attackhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cesar-altieri-sayoc-charged-30-count-indictment-mailing-improvised-explosive-devices
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500November 9, 20181820c8f8-c3e2-40c1-a043-29ab4e468999Akayed Ullah Convicted for Detonation of a Bomb in New York Cityhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/akayed-ullah-convicted-detonation-bomb-new-york-city
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500November 6, 2018b4e4e439-09af-4201-8cd3-0db51dfd796cAttorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks Announcing the Ongoing Investigation Into Suspicious Packageshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-sessions-delivers-remarks-announcing-ongoing-investigation-suspicious
This is a law-and-order administration. We will not tolerate such lawlessness, and especially not political violence.Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400October 26, 20182dd9c43a-d4d2-4e8b-9755-67716622f812New York Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Related to Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement From Deceased Client’s Estatehttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-attorney-pleads-guilty-tax-fraud-related-multimillion-dollar-embezzlement-deceased
“The fiduciary duty that a lawyer owes to a client is paramount to the practice of law,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman. “The Justice Department will prosecute and seek just punishment against any attorney who victimizes their clients for their own personal gain.”Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400September 6, 201849d271b5-d266-4fce-b6c7-ab1e536eae9fNew York Man Arrested and Charged with Extensive Cyberstalking Campaign https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-man-arrested-and-charged-extensive-cyberstalking-campaign
A New York man was arrested today and charged in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York with conducting an extensive cyberstalking and threats campaign that targeted a woman he dated for several months in 2013 and 2014. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400June 1, 2018202128c7-0c81-4145-9763-aabd906b1626United States Citizen Sentenced to 35 Years for Providing Material Support to Al-Shabaabhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-citizen-sentenced-35-years-providing-material-support-al-shabaab
Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 -0400May 29, 2018d057ff96-c48c-4343-9d91-38b12a1b81da